Post on 21-Sep-2020
December2011
We have been super busy in our
travels and have much to tell
you about. I did make it to
Massachusetts to encourage
some brethren, Ryan and Shawn.
Thank you for your prayers in
regards to this trip. I met them
four years ago when I went to
minister at the colleges and the
Halloween event in Salem.
They both were in a liberal
church and had many other
unbiblical beliefs. I have had
the joy to love and disciple
them for four years now. It has
really blessed my heart to see
them grown in grace and zeal
for our Lord Jesus Christ and to
see them be FAITHFUL! They
both are in full time service and
in great Independent Baptist
churches there. Ryan is
essentially an assistant pastor
helping one church grow and
Sean is doing the same in a new
church plant. What a great time
we had in fellowship
and serving the Lord
together there!
We went to preach to
the "Occupy Boston
group." As I began
preaching a crowd
quickly gathered
even though most of
them had left on a
march to a nearby
park. As we took turns, Steven
Brock, the pastor of True
Gospel Baptist Church began to
be greatly heckled by the crowd.
One man was blowing a
trumpet about 2 feet from his
ear. (Seen on the top left of the
picture above.) There were
several people playing drums
along with other noise makers
and chanting. Bro. Brock would
get down and walk around to
get away from them only to
have them follow him. It looked
like a band procession. Even
with amplification he could
barely be heard. He said it was
hard for him to even think. He
finally gave up and stopped.
When he did the crowd cheered
and laughed. This stirred my
spirit and I got up and addressed
the crowd, "You adults are
acting worse then a bunch of
spoiled children when they don't
get their way. Here you are
complaining to the police that
you have the right and freedom
of speech but when someone
else speaks that you don't agree
with you rudely drown him out
and blow a trumpet in his ear
and beat your drums etc. You
are protesting about Wall Street
being a group of bullies, take a
look at yourselves. You all are a
bunch of hypocrites, shame on
you! The whole world is
watching you and this is what
you want to be known for." The
protesters started hanging down
their heads and I could see the
shameful looks on their faces. I
then got into some great dialogs
with them following this. Thank
the Lord that not one time after
this did they blow a trumpet,
beat a drum or try to drown us
out again. We had some great
witnessing and personal
conversations.
Bro. Brock’s 13 yrs old son,
Jordan did an excellent job
preaching to the crowd amidst
all the distractions. One grumpy
woman would get about 10
inches from his face snapping
photos of him. Jordan held out
his Bible to keep her at a further
distance. She unkindly said,
“I’ve got a right to take
photo’s!” I stepped up to her as
she repeated that she had her
rights. I then explained, “Yes
and he has his right to his
personal space as well, besides
you can zoom to get a close-
up.” She quickly agreed and
said, “Your right, your right.”,
as she stepped back.
One man, who at first was an
outspoken protester of us finally
told the crowd standing next to
him, "You guys need to hear what
they are saying; this is important."
As we packed up to leave it started
a torrential down pour of rain. I
was delighted that lives were
impacted there for Christ's sake.
We also went to the city of Salem,
MA where crowds were gathered a
few weeks early in observance of
Halloween. This place brings in
well over a hundred thousand
people just on October 31st alone.
We had a real witch for Wicca
casting spells on us. One young
teenager was acting vile toward us
but then he hung around listening
to us. We would leave and move to
other spots for the merchant's sake
and this young teen would follow
us listening. We later approached
him and had a great witness with
him. He had no mother, father or
family he said. We just tried to
give him the hope of Christ and
His love for him. Please pray that
the brethren will have future run-
ins with him.
Fort Drum was a blessing to visit
and pass out Bibles and tracts to
the military. I went with Brother
Vince Williams who pastors Drum
Baptist Church and ministers to the
soldiers there. We had several
soldiers we were able to reach out
to while there. It was a true
blessing.
I ministered at Jefferson County
College, Oswego University,
Monroe Community College, and
Brockport University as well. At
Monroe a student named Adam
who was very well versed in
evolution and other university
indoctrinations spoke to me. It was
hard to break though all the
wisdom of the world he had stored
up. He also was bent towards
Buddhism. We did shake hands as
he had to depart for class. I believe
I was able to plant some seeds that
may bring forth eternal life at some
point so please pray for him.
However another student there
named Tyler was a totally different
story. After about a half hour he
called out in prayer for Jesus
Christ to save him. He had grown
up catholic but had never realized
it was not of his works but the
work of Jesus Christ that could
save his soul. You could see the
humility it took for him to pray
before his classmates. Many are
kept back by the fear of man but he
did not let this stand in the way of
trusting the Saviour. Pray for his
growth. I have his number and will
be continuing to disciple him and
plant him in a good church.
I had a great encounter with a
Christian student from Brockport
University named Dave. He said
he was blessed to meet me and
emailed me later thanking me for
encouraging him. We plan on
getting together to witness in the
future. He said he speaks up in
class when he can because the
teachers continually force the
subject of evolution. I was able to
speak with him on the phone on
the 6th of December and pray with
him for his upcoming exams.
Please keep him in your prayers.
We traveled to Connecticut to
preach and then on to Maryland
where a pastor asked to preach a 5
day revival meeting for his church.
All went very well. There is much
more I could tell of but I will end
here with thanks to Him and you
for your faithful prayers for us.
We are now down south and just
getting over the flu or a stomach
bug. Please continue to pray for us
as we try to catch up on things and
get ready to minister in the second
semester when it starts up.
Josiah, 4yrs old has 47 Bible verse
down plus the whole chapter of
Psalm 1, which makes 53 Bible
verses total. Joseph can quote most
of the books of the Bible now and
Psalm 1. They are now both
excellent in tract distribution.
Joshua just turned one and walking.
Because of Christ Jesus,
Greg S. Davis, evangelist